Playing-cards.



No. 645,961. Patented Mar. 27, 1900. J. F. KINGWILL.

- PLAYING CARDS.

' (Application filed Feb. 11, 1898.)

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN F. KINGW'ILL, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

PLAYING-CARDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,961, dated March27, 1900.

Application filed February 11, 1898. Serial No. 669,940. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN F. KINGWILL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented a certain new and useful Improvement in PlayingOards, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to playing-cards, and has for its object to providea new and improved playing-card, of which the following is adescription, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, whereinFigures 1 to 6, inclusive, showa suit or set of six cards. Figs. 7 and 8show one means for distinguishing the suits.

Like letters refer to like parts throughout the several figures.

In carrying out my invention I provide a deck of cards having a seriesof suits, each suit being distinguished by some characteristicas, forexample, color or some other associated mark. The several suits consistof a series of cards, each provided with spots or characters, preferablyranging from one to six or higher, as desired, the character or spots oneach card being duplicated or doubled-that is, each card is providedwith two sets of spots or characters, the two sets being separated by adividing-line or the like.

In Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, I have shown the cards A each provided withtwo sets of spots A A placed on opposite sides of a dividingline or thelike A each card being provided at two opposite corners with a number Acorresponding to the number of characters or spots on each side of thedividing-line. Itis of course evident that these characters may be ofany suitable kind, and for purposes of illustration 1 have shown suchcharacters as consisting of plain spots. When the cards are made up inthe manner shown in Figs. 1 to 6, inclusive, the suits are preferablydistinguished from each other by colors, each suit being of a difierentcolor. The suits may be distinguished from each other in any othermanner. For example, instead of having the suits of difierent colors Imay distinguish them bysome character associated with the number in thecorner of the card-as, for example, a letter or the like-all cardshaving the same character belonging to the same suit. The spots orcharacters may be arranged gular figure A so that each card represents apicture of What may be termed a double domino. V

The use and operation of my invention are as follows: It is of courseevident that the game as played with these cards may be varied to suitthe character or whims of the players. A very interesting game may beplayed as fol lows: If, for example, the deck consists of thirty-sixcardsthat is, of six suits of six cards each, ranging from double one todouble six, inclusivethe cards will be dealt out in the ordinarymanner-say ten cards to each if there are two players, eight cards toeach if there are three players, seven to four, six to five, &c.The'remaining cards are placed face down upon the board. The firstplayer to the left of the dealer will then play out a double oneordouble six of any suit. If he does not have a double one ordouble six,he draws from the pack until he gets a card he can play. The

card is then laid upon the table face up. The

next player must play the card next in value of the same suit on top ofthe card played by the first player. For example, if double one isplayed double two must be played thereon of the same suit, and if doublesix is played double five of the same suit must be played thereon. Ifthe player cannot play on the card played by the first player, he playseither a double one or double six of some other suit, placing it besidethe card of the first player. If he cannot playa double one or doublesix, he must draw from the pack until he obtains a card that he canplay. The playing proceeds in this manner, each player playing upon oneof the cards laid down if he can or starting a new set if he cannot playupon any of the cards, drawing from the pack if he is unable to play.When a complete suit has been played upon the board, the cards being inthe proper relation to each other, the last player takes the entire suitor book, being allowed a certain number of points-for example, two--foreach book he takes. When the cards have all been drawn from the pack,the player who cannot play simply passes.

The game continues until one of the players has played his last card. Heis then entitled to a certain number of pointssay one for each card inthe hands of all the other players. The game may be set for any givennumber, the person first reaching this number being the Winner.

I have not attempted to set forth the many manners in which the cardsmay be used, as such uses will readily suggest themselves to theplayers.

I claim-- 1. A pack of playing-cards, comprisinga series of suitsprovided with some distinguishing characteristic, each card of the suitprovided with the picture of a double domino, the cards in each suitrunning consecutively from double one up to and including the highestcard in the suit.

2. Apack of playing-cards, comprisiugaseries of suits of six cards each,each card provided with the picture of a double domino and having afigure at the corner represent ing the number of said double domino, thecards in each suit running consecutively from double one to andincluding double six, and a distinguishing characteristic associatedwith each suit so that one suit may be distinguished from another.

3. A pack of playing-cards, comprising a series of suits of six cardseach, said cards each provided with a picture of a double dominoextending longitudinally of the card and having figures at two oppositecorners representing the number of said double domino, the cards in eachsuit running consecutively from double one to and including double six,the cards of each suit being similar in color, the various suits beingof different colors so that they may be distinguished one from theother.

J OI-IN F. KINGWILL.

Witnesses:

DONALD M. CARTER, HOMER L. KRAFT.

